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TIL Pedro Lascuráin (34th president of Mexico) holds the record for the shortest presidency in the world. He was in office for only 45 minutes.

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VBYbB TIL 'Merrily We Roll Along' (aka The Looney Tunes theme) was originally accompanied by lyrics from its author, comedian Eddie Cantor
Oo9j1 TIL the cloth of gold cone (Conus textile) is a venomous species of sea snail capable of severely stinging humans, and several deaths have been attributed to this marine gastropod. The snail's proboscis holds the harpoon-like, radular tooth which is responsible for injecting conotoxin into its prey.
PYkKE TIL the nickname Dixie, for the southeastern US states, comes from the Mason-Dixon line, a borderline which separated the US in slave and free states.
X0aWP TIL tardigrades, also known as water bears, are among the most resilient creatures on Earth? They can survive temperatures as low as -272°C (-458°F) and as high as 150°C (302°F), pressures six times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches, and even the vacuum of space.
0D7N TIL that during the Japanese invasion of China, two soldiers challenged each other to kill 100 people using only a sword. Since both surpassed 100 in the heat of battle without a clear winner, they decided to raise the challenge to 150 people.